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March 5, 2018

Hooks & McNair win at Turf Tamer

Thornhill Racing Circuits held their inaugural Turf Tamer race this past weekend. The race was held in several 1/10th classes and in 2WD Mod Buggy it was Tyler Hooks with the TQ and win from Rhett McNair in 2nd. Chris Allison, Bryan Justice and Sean Nunamaker would round out the top 5 result. Over in 4WD Mod Buggy it was Rhett McNair, coming from the 2 spot on the grid, with wins in A2 and A3 for the overall victory from Tyler Hooks and Chris Allison. Bryan Justice and John Brett completed the top 5.

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March 5, 2018

Ryan Lutz sweeps 2018 Holiday Hangover

The Holiday Hangover RC Arenacross 2018 was held in Moses Lake, Washington this past weekend in several 1/8th and 1/10th off-road classes. Ryan Lutz again made a clean sweep in all classes he entered and would walk away with the TQ and wins in 1/8th Nitro Buggy, Nitro Truggy and Expert E-Buggy. Jason Hunt and Carson Phipps would round out the Nitro Buggy top 3 while Carson Phipps and Bryce Beaver accompanied Ryan on the Nitro Truggy podium. Over in Expert E-Buggy it was Tyler Wilbur with the runner-up spot from Derek Rasheed 3rd.

Image: Ryan Lutz

March 5, 2018

Pontus Larsson TQs & wins at Spring Indoor race

The Vedum Spring Indoor race was held this past weekend and it was Pontus Larsson who swept the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class. The race was held in a large indoor facility laid out with astro turf and Pontus was able to take the TQ, semifinal win and also the overall, leaving behind Alexander Castlind in 2nd and Micke Svensson in 3rd. The top 5 result was rounded out by Kristian Johansson and Per Carlsson.

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March 5, 2018

Elias Johansson sweeps Winter Indoor series finale

The final round of the Swedish Winter Indoor series was held at Sundsvall RC Klubb this past weekend. Elias Johansson was in control of things all weekend in both the 2WD and 4WD Buggy classes as he took a double TQ from Viktor Östling (Xray) in both categories. In the triple 2WD finals Elias brought home the wins for a clean sweep from Viktor while Sebastian Johansson (Schumacher) completed the top 3 results. Over in 4WD it was again Elias with three solid wins to leave behind Viktor Östling (Xray) and Felix Angseryd (Xray) in 2nd and 3rd respectively. With the wins, Elias would also snatch the overall titles in both classes.

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March 5, 2018

Rivkin, Tessmann & Evans win at Desert Classic

This past weekend the annual Desert Classic was held at Hobby Action RC Raceway in Arizona. The track has a very unique type of dirt that provides extremely high traction, that even increased during the weekend, and then the surface breaks up a little bit which can make it edgy and very challenging. In the premier 2WD Modified Buggy class it was Team Associated’s Spencer Rivkin with the win from AE teammate, Dustin Evans in 2nd. Xray’s Ty Tessmann, who started from 6th on the grid, made some good progress thanks to various setup adaptions and he would ultimately bring home the final podium spot.

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March 5, 2018

RC Cars Cavalieri MP9 carbon fibre shock towers

RC Cars Cavalieri from Germany have expanded their range of carbon fibre option parts for the Kyosho MP9 TKI4 with the introduction of front and rear shock towers. The front tower is machined from 5mm material while the rear tower uses 4mm carbon fibre. The towers will reduce overall weight compared to the stock aluminium items, they fit both the TKI4 and older spec TKI3 and they are available separately or as a complete set.

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March 4, 2018

Samix SCX10 II brass rear brake adapter set

Coming from Samix and made for the Axial SCX10 II trail truck is a brass rear brake adapter set with mock-up brake discs and brake callipers. The adapters are designed for the use with he Samix rear lock outs and attach to the rear axle, adding 61g of weight per side for greater stability and improved climb performance. A black surface coating and gold-colour edge details round out the visual appearance. To up the scale looks the adapters can be equipped with the included fake brake discs and callipers.

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March 4, 2018

Schelle B6.1 alloy rear hubs & low front wing mount

Schelle Racing Innovations have introduced new option parts for the Team Associated B6.1 buggy in the form of alloy rear hubs and a low front wing mount. Starting with the rear hubs, the proven 2-piece design allows fine-adjustment and increases durability as the upper cap design can space away from the main hub with ballstud shims, allowing racers fine in-between adjustments for the rear upper link location. The upper caps are shared with the B6 and B64s design, with the same parts used both left and right. The upper cap design with a shorter washer stack reduces leverage on the outer ballstud, as well as increasing shock clearance for the turnbuckle. The hubs are available for the 67mm driveshaft setup in the B6.1 and B6.1D kits, they come in black or blue finish and they are also available as the B6.1 Carpet Hub Set, a black version which comes with -2mm upper caps and ballstuds specifically for carpet racing.

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